cygdrive

[Earnie Boyd]

--- John Wiersba <John.Wiersba@medstat.com> wrote:
> A recent posting led me to check the binmode-ness of /cygdrive.  It appears
> that the cygdrive feature overrides the setting of CYGWIN (which I have set
> to binmode) ??  How can I force files on cygdrive to be read in binmode?
> 

The binmode CYGWIN setting is only used to control pipes and redirection.  The
solution would be to correct the winsup code and submit a patch.  IMO, the
default for /cygdrive should be set to the default mode of / (which may be the
cause already FATIK).



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